BUILD: Scissor Lift!

"Maken a puck, for the three jaw chuck" Sounds like part of the chorus of a country song about machines and trucks. ~~Make'in a puck for my three jaw chuck, workin on a part for my pickup truck~~

I'm not a country fan so ionno if that is actually how it would sound if it was a song. LOL

the fact that tony has a trials bike is... shocking

UPGRADES.

There is a lot of SPACE designed under that stand.

To aid a low C of G (would need a heavy weight) it could house a battery and motor, maybe a toothed belt drive up to the thread.

A remote control is cheep and simple.

Casters is a good idea.

I envisaged casters mounted Outside of the feet which would widen the stand footprint for increased stability.

I thought about a subframe vs direct fit for the casters to facilitate caster lift.

Then realised the remote controls have often got 4 relays.

Superb.

Now the scissor & the casters can be up/down remote controlled.

More stable in use and easy to move.

The casters could be mounted on cams to rotate the caster frame down into action (akin to a sack barrow) but with the cam having a flat foot at (for eg 90 degrees) around the cam from the caster.

Win win win win, Easy moving & extra stability & all that designed in space, used to advantage while 1 hand uses the remote / keyfob, the other hand reassures the bike.

It's very nice of you to explain here the mechanism I need for my other project.

Anyone else getting upset when he just snaps and karate chops all his stock into sizes or just me? I mean cutting disks are expensive

While watching new videos since discovering you this year in 23, ive ventured back in your timeline and all content is simply gold. I understand the mentioned existential crises, hopefully life is brighter and simpler these days 🍻

what kind of material bro?

Interesting...the trials bike. I have an Aprilia climber, and a dozen or so more normal bikes. And a home machine shop, welding, etc.
Friends are the same way...never a peep of sports or TV shows when we get together. Motorcycles, cars trucks, airplanes, guns & reloading, antique and hit & miss engines, even sewing machines and typewriters. It's sort of all the same...
I feel sorry for people entertained by sports & video games. Maybe they would say that about me. Empty garage = empty mind.

My only question is, why did you not use a wafer bearing on the threaded rod ? I would widing your base from a safety point . Also I would grease the screw .

They're large for a key ring, but ideal for a child. Less likely to be lost.

In my younger days I remember a girl I could have used that Lift to pick her up to help get her in my trucks cause I couldn't help but we found a small road bank

Come for the knowledge, stay for the humor

Love it!

Awesome commentary 😂

Bello trabajo

Super cool lift 🥇. Inspires me to get back into Machining 👍

I so love your precision and humor .Wayne from sunny SA

Your the fastest Tig welder iv ever seen😮

Hey Tony, absolutely amazing! Just out of curiosity.. where do you buy your material from?

Couldn’t you just rotate the stand 90* in order to use the screw from the side? Great build and commentary

How much did this mill cost?

cool project bro!

Did you ever make the side drives for this jack?

It broke, broken, failed, not strong enough. Dangerous crap... Aaah! hind sight. Failed at the lifting screw support, needed more steel! Prototypes, always need more work.

Why not add wedges to the sides of the stool and add like a chain pinch on each side so when you flip the leaver the wedges get pulled together which will slide under and lift the bike to secure it by a couple inches

Stainless will make your kids cry people

That is NASA levels of overkill on the frame and your power is a drill? Unacceptable.

Both manhorse and horsehorsehorse man are terrifying

This is a fantastic build and video. I don’t usually comment but noticed that with the change in your plans on the acme rod, the load of the bike is basically being supported by the two grub screws on the stop collar. A scary thought if those were to give out- the threaded rod would slide out and who knows what next. They are most likely to fail when the bike (or whatever) is lowest, but long way to say I think putting a simple tack weld or at very least doubling the grub screws would go a long way for bike or finger insurance 😂

Fantastic build though, man! Happy to have found your channel!

Or you could just turn the lift 90 degrees and be able to drive the mechanism from the side of the bike... Does the lift care about the orientation of the bike on top of it?

This old tony. I'm going to level with you. It's 2023 it's cold and electricity prizes are way up where I live. I've seen this video about 8 times and I must say that there is plenty of space on the drive side of the mechanish for an extension if you add it on the outter side on the frame. It's time to move the drive to the side.

Very nice! It's a while since you made this vid, so you may have done something already, but to put the drive on the side, you could either use a chain and sprockets on the front (the drive wouldn't be turned through 90 degrees though) or a simple but maybe not so nice solution would be to use one of those 90 degree drill attachments.

turn down some threads at each end of the acme rod where you want limits.

That's a hard choice between the lift and the boxing glove. I probably would have chosen the glove and bought a lift.

If you want the drive on the side just turn the whole thing round to the side, you may have to turn the wood on the top but for a guy like you how hard can that be.

Interesting project, fun to watch and you were much less annoying than usual.

I think I have an idea of who you are based on your bike and name, but I'm probably wrong

I see you used the Diresta method of snapping round stock into size with your fingers, but how did you get it to chamfer automatically? I can't seem to achieve these results.

Scorpa? Is that French for 'no seat'?

i love your editing
"so this is wh" back to the build

I flipped out when you said 8/19” 😂😂😂😂

👍🏻

What type of welder are you using?

Good.
You could add a comprehensive spring at the end of your drive acme screw to safeguard it's over drive to quiet some extent.

Interesting to see your procedures but why use all that $tainle$$ in combination with cold rolled?

Hello. Is it possible to get all the dimensions to make my own for a school project?

I dont come here for reviews or to buy tools. I come here for the technical insight, to learn something and for the entertainment. Learning how to spot BS in other reviews or the store is a huge bonus. I dont need you to provide affiliate links or recommendations, since the value I get from your videos is how stuff works and why. Which imo is alot more value than most tool channels offer.

Personally id prefer you keep teaching me what makes something good instead of telling me what to buy, but its your call :)

I just have to say that you make watching the whole process fun!!! Great personality and sense of humor, coupled with excellent and clever editing with speed motion mode at all the appropriate stages to cut out the mundane aspects of fabrication. Super fantastic work!!!!